Avocent SPC420 User Manual

Chapter 2: Installation        17

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Windows 2003 Server Standard, Enterprise or Web Edition

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Windows Vista Ultimate or Business

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 4 (AS, ES and WS products)

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 5

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Sun Solaris SPARC 9 and 10

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Novell

 

SUSE Linux (x86) Enterprise Server 9 or 10

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Macintosh OS X version 10.4 and later

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Adobe

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 Flash Player version 9.0 or later

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One of the following browsers:

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Microsoft

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Internet Explorer 6 or 7

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Firefox

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 2 or 3

Install the latest updates and service packs available for your browser.

If you are using Firefox, the Video Viewer and the Telnet Viewer clients require Java; see Java 
Installation on page 19.

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Enable cookies and JavaScript on the client’s web browser.

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Configure the web browser. If you are using Internet Explorer, see Internet Explorer Consider-
ations on page 42.

NOTE:  If DSView 3 Software Client Certificate Authentication or DSView 3 Software Client Integrated Windows 
Authentication is being used, the user will not be required to log in. See Certificates on page 46.

1.

From the DSView 3 software client web browser, enter the URL of the server host in the 
address bar in the format:

In this case, <servername> is the DNS name of the host system, or the IP address in standard 
dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

NOTE: To avoid multiple security warnings, enter the DNS name.

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If you are opening the session on the DSView 3 server, you may select Start - Programs - 
Avocent DSView 3 - DSView Software.

2.

Accept all security alerts that may appear as the client computer connects to the DSView 3 
server. The DSView 3 Explorer User Login window will open.